war

Meanings

Noun

• the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
  • "thousands of people were killed in the war"
• a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
  • "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"
• an active struggle between competing entities
  • "a price war"
  • "a war of wits"
  • "diplomatic warfare"
• a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
  • "the war on poverty"
  • "the war against crime"

Verb

• make or wage war

Synonyms

state of war, warfare

Antonyms

make peace, peace